This is the last song performed by the famous Belgian singer Jacques Brel on his last album "Les Marquises" published in 1977.

Les Marquises Tracklist.

Album · 2013 · 17 Songs.

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Les Marquises (English: The Marquesas) is Jacques Brel's thirteenth and final album. Also known as Brel, the album was released 17 November 1977 by Barclay (96 010). This was the singer's first album of new songs in ten years and was released a year before his death from lung cancer. The album's themes include death ("Jaurès", "Vieillir", "Jojo"), parting ("Orly") and in several songs Brel evokes his career in the 1960s ("Les . "Jojo", "Knokke-le-Zoute Tango", "Vieillir").

Jacques Brel ‎– Les Marquises. Label: Barclay ‎– BRCLP 60062. Format: Vinyl, LP, Album. Producer, Written-By – Jacques Brel. Voice – Maddly Bamy (tracks: B5). Notes.

Jacques Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in Belgium and France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson. Although he recorded most of his songs in French, he became a major influence on English-speaking songwriters and performers such as David Bowie, Alex Harvey, Leonard Cohen, Marc Almond and Rod McKuen.

This album has an average beat per minute of 120 BPM (slowest/fastest tempos: 62/190 BPM). See its BPM profile at the bottom of the page. Tracklist Les Marquises. BPM Profile Les Marquises. Album starts at 190BPM, ends at 78BPM (-112), with tempos within the -BPM range. Try refreshing the page if dots are missing). Recent albums by Jacques Brel. Ne me quitte pas. 1972.

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Les Marquises is the final studio album by Jacques Brel, who died at the age of 49 less than a year after its 1977 release. Brel is in fine form here. His songs are filled with with the same lyric themes of his earlier work, but are also imbued with cinematic production and arrangements, influenced by the prior five years of both acting in and directing films ". This is a quirky, adventurous set to be sure, but it satisfies.